San Francisco Law School

San Francisco Law School is a private, for-profit law school in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1909, it is the oldest evening law school in the Western United States.

For the Jesuit school, see University of San Francisco School of Law.
"San Diego Law School" redirects here. For the Catholic school, see University of San Diego School of Law.
San Francisco Law School
Parent schoolAlliant International University
Established1909
School typePrivate
DeanKatherine Van Tassel
LocationSan Francisco, California, U.S.
Enrollment115
Faculty29 (including Adjunct faculty)
Bar pass rate7% (2/27) (July 2015 1st time takers)[1]
5% (1/20) (July 2018 repeat takers)[2]
Website

The school became non-profit in 1941 and moved to Haight Street in 1968, where it would remain for almost 50 years before relocating to its present campus on Beach Street, near Fisherman's Wharf. The law school offers a four-year, part-time evening program leading to a Juris Doctor degree. In July 2010, the law school completed a merger to become a for-profit, graduate school of Alliant International University.

San Francisco Law School has been accredited by the Committee of Bar Examiners[3] of the State Bar of California since 1937, but is not accredited by the American Bar Association.[4] As a result, SFLS graduates are generally required to pass the California bar exam before they can take the bar exam or practice in states outside of California. San Francisco Law School is also regionally accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.[5] SFLS has a five year cumulative bar pass rate of 36%, below the 40% threshold established by the State Bar of California. As a result, the school has been placed on probation until July 1, 2022. Failure to raise its cumulative pass rate to 40% by that point could result in the termination of the school's accreditation.[6]

In 2014, San Diego Law School opened as a branch campus of San Francisco Law School and is located in the Walter Library on Alliant's campus in San Diego at Scripps Ranch.[7] San Diego Law School offers a four-year part-time evening program and is also accredited by the Committee of Bar Examiners of the State of California.

Bar Passage Rates

Fewer than eleven San Francisco Law School graduates took the California Bar Exam for the first time in October 2020, so the bar passage rate for first-time takers was not reported by the state. Of the 19 SFLS alumni who repeated the bar exam in October 2020, four passed, for a 21% pass rate.[8]

Alumni

References
  1. https://www.calbar.ca.gov/Portals/0/documents/admissions/Statistics/JULY2015STATS.121715.pdf
  2. "A Breakdown of California Bar Exam Results by Law School (July 2018)".
  3. Law Schools in California Accredited by the Committee of Bar Examiners (CBE) 4/10/2010
  4. "ABA-Approved Law Schools by Year". ABA website. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
  5. "San Francisco Law School Accreditation Statement". Archived from the original on 2010-12-18. Retrieved 2011-02-23.
  6. "2020 Cumulative Minimum Bar Examination Pass Rates (MPR) for California Accredited Law Schools" (PDF). Retrieved 11 March 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. "San Diego Law School". Alliant International University. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  8. "General Statistics Report - October 2020 California Bar Examination" (PDF). State Bar of California. Retrieved 11 March 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. Collins, Donald E. Native American Aliens: Disloyalty and the Renunciation of Citizenship by Japanese Americans during World War II. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1985
  10. https://obits.ocregister.com/us/obituaries/orangecounty/name/betty-lamoreaux-obituary?id=8183378
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